By Nelson Kiva In a bid to provide quality education, the education ministry revised the lower secondary school curriculum. The National Curriculum Development Centre (NCDC) in a January 23, 2020 circular commissioned the new curriculum designed to reduce content overload, contact hours in the classroom, foster learner-centred pedagogy, competence-based approach and criterion-referenced assessment. However, on […]
By Mathias Mazinga Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has asked the fresh graduates of the University of Kisubi to be ‘hands-on’ professionals that can do whatever productive job comes their way. She discouraged the ‘white-collar-job’ mentality, which she said contributes to unemployment. “This graduation marks the completion of one chapter and the beginning of another. You […]
By Maureen Nakatudde Her friends encouraged her to get a boyfriend, but 14-year-old Shakira (not her real name) was nervous about the idea. Yet she felt odd among her friends at a secondary school in Mayuge district because they all had boyfriends. So, in 2020, a friend introduced to her a 25-year-old man, who lured […]
Kellen Owente Fatumah Kiweweesi, 26, dropped out of university in her first year of study in 2018 because her mother failed to raise enough money to continue funding her education. Kiweweesi, who was pursuing a bachelor’s in leisure and hospitality at Makerere University Business School, has over the past five years been working as a […]
By Richard Wetaya Catherine Muraza, 25, a student of agronomy at Bukalasa Agricultural College in Luweero district, is upbeat about the prospect of finding work upon graduation. She says her course has equipped her with in-demand practical skills and knowledge in soil management and crop production. In a country keen to develop its agriculture, Muraza, […]
Frederick Kiwanuka The state minister for higher education, Chrysestom Muyingo, has urged students to consider joining Bukalasa Agricultural College in Luweero district after upgrading the institution. Muyingo, who visited the institution recently, also urged its administrators to market the college which has been refurbished under a project funded through a World Bank loan to attract […]
By Patrick Kaboyo Uganda has recently introduced new policies in the education sector. Some of these policies include the new lower secondary school curriculum, the National Teacher Policy and the Technical Vocational Education and Training Policy, among others. However, while the country’s education policy reform has largely been previously championed by teachers, many of these […]
By Cecilia Okoth Makerere University will support its alumni from Rwanda to set up a university in Kigali, according to the university’s vice chancellor, prof. Barnabas Nawangwe. The Makerere University Rwanda Alumni Association (MURWAA) asked the university’s leadership to help them set up a university during a recent dinner in Kigali organised as part of celebrations to […]
Patrick Kaboyo The book of Second Peter reminds us to add, double and multiply our blessings. This reminder is specific to Christians and generally to every reader of the Holy Book. This message is not only a Biblical call to mankind for spiritual nourishment, but for application to varied contexts as well. Kindness and love […]
A day before my classmates and I sat for Primary Leaving Examinations at a school in Kanungu district in 1966, the headmaster gathered us for a final briefing. The headmaster’s main point was to remind us to report to school at 7:00 am the following day. For me, that was a tall order because my […]